diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdepend/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdepend/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ecbbe70e0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdepend/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ php, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+
+php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "pdepend";
+  version = "2.14.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pdepend";
+    repo = "pdepend";
+    rev = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-ZmgMuOpUsx5JWTcPRS6qKbTWZvuOrBVOVdPMcvvTV20=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-MWm8urRB9IujqrIl22x+JFFCRR+nINLQqnHUywT2pi0=";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An adaptation of JDepend for PHP";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pdepend/pdepend";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    longDescription = "
+      PHP Depend is an adaptation of the established Java
+      development tool JDepend. This tool shows you the quality
+      of your design in terms of extensibility, reusability and
+      maintainability.
+    ";
+    maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/pdepend/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/pdepend/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e8bdd2ee1ec..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/pdepend/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, lib, php }:
-
-let
-  pname = "pdepend";
-  version = "2.14.0";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  inherit pname version;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/pdepend/pdepend/releases/download/${version}/pdepend.phar";
-    sha256 = "sha256-t6Yf+z/8O/tZuYoLAZo2G5bORh8XPeEMdK57dWjHsmk=";
-  };
-
-  dontUnpack = true;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    install -D $src $out/libexec/pdepend/pdepend.phar
-    makeWrapper ${php}/bin/php $out/bin/pdepend \
-      --add-flags "$out/libexec/pdepend/pdepend.phar"
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "An adaptation of JDepend for PHP";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/pdepend/pdepend";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    longDescription = "
-      PHP Depend is an adaptation of the established Java
-      development tool JDepend. This tool shows you the quality
-      of your design in terms of extensibility, reusability and
-      maintainability.
-    ";
-    maintainers = teams.php.members;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 16f5dc0e9482..cdd8a4aef23a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4014,8 +4014,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pbpctrl = callPackage ../applications/audio/pbpctrl { };
 
-  pdepend = callPackage ../development/php-packages/pdepend { };
-
   inherd-quake = callPackage ../applications/misc/inherd-quake {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices Security;
   };